Pomôžte nám vydať veľkú obrázkovú knihu Poďme objavovať zimné Slovensko

Veľká obrázková kniha Poďme objavovať zimné Slovensko je najnovším prírastkom do série kníh o rodinke prasiatok - cestovateľov. Tentoraz spolu s ďalšími zvieracími kamarátmi vyrážajú na zimné potulky zasneženým Slovenskom. Objavte s nimi rieky zamrznuté na ľad, hory sťaby preliate cukrovou polevou a lanovky stúpajúce vysoko do oblakov. Vyberte sa na hrady, ktoré majú v zime výnimočné čaro alebo sa staňte superhrdinami, ktorí vydržia plávať vo vode, aj keď im už sneží na hlavu!

Vydanie knihy môžete už teraz podporiť na webe crowdfundingovej platformy Startlab.

Prečo zimná detská kniha o Slovensku?

Zimných obrázkových kníh je ako šafranu. Na detských knižných poličkách však majú špeciálne miesto. Je to hádam jediný žáner detskej literatúry, kde sú polia bielej farby vítané. Rovnako ako zo zimy samotnej, ide z nich akýsi väčší pokoj a kľud.

Po vydaní prvej cestovateľskej knihy Poďme objavovať Slovensko bolo veľmi rýchlo jasné, že výlety máme radi úplne všetci! Potulky v zime sú ešte o niečo magickejšie. Stačí sa len lepšie obliecť a môžeme smelo vyraziť! Leporelo Poďme objavovať zimné Slovensko je knihou pre celú rodinu. Náčelníkom celej expedície je opäť malé prasiatko Oliver, ktoré nás celým putovaním sprevádza. Pre najmenších je tak kniha ľahko uchopiteľným doplnkom ku hre. O niečo starší čitatelia sa už v ilustráciách môžu sústrediť na neuveriteľné množstvo detailov a vytvárať si vlastné príbehy. Dospelí v nej nájdu inšpiráciu pre rodinné výlety a expedície.

Ako bude knižka vyzerať?

Zimná knižka o Slovensku bude mať - rovnako ako jej letná dvojička - 28 plne ilustrovaných strán. Knihu vytlačíme na hrubý kartónový papier, ktorý u nás poznáme z leporiel pre najmenšie deti (v zahraničí sa takéto knihy označujú ako “board book”). Rodinka prasiatok a ich zvierací kamaráti v nej budú postupne objavovať až 13 čarovných zimných miest: Štrbské pleso, prielom Hornádu, Čičmany, Kremnicu, Prosiecku a Kvačiansku dolinu, Nízke Tatry, v ktorých zdolajú Chopok, Oravu a Oravský zámok a veľa ďalších. Na každej dvojstrane nájdu deti a ich dospelí množstvo malých detailov, ku ktorým si môžu vymýšľat svoje vlastné veselé príhody.

Prečo Startlab a ako využijeme vašu podporu

Prostriedky, ktoré počas kampane vyzbierame použijeme na produkciu knihy. Kniha bude vytlačená na kvalitnom papieri, aby dobre odolávala náletom najmenších čitateľov. Časť financií vložíme do produkcie ďalších odmien. Crowdfunding je pre nás spoľahlivým ukazovateľom, že projekty, do ktorých sa púšťame, ocenia aj ľudia okolo nás. Veríme, že vás potešia, tak ako tešili nás, keď sme ich tvorili. Že vám prinesú radosť. Že vám dajú dôvod stráviť spolu plnohodnotný čas pri knihe alebo na výletoch.

Knihu si môžete predobjednať a podporiť jej vydanie tu.

Ďakujeme za vašu podporu!

Homeschooling

With this igloo I have decided to do more of snowy owls, polar bears, seals, penguins and ermines. I can smell a frosty book!

Have a better 2021!

I am sure all of us stepped into 2021 with hopes for a brighter year. Seems like we might have to wait for the sunshine for a while. I do hope you can find a way how to make the waiting bearable - I myself will surely continue creating animal homes and houses. Sending you a virtual hug and a pine cone squirrel house! Take care!

Ecoute et Decouvre - Le Chantier

This cute little sound book for Larousse was a big jump out of my comfort zone! A good one! To be honest - I have never illustrated a digger before. Or a bulldozer. Or a crane as a matter of fact. In this book, I got to illustrate all of these machines. Plus a steam roller. In the end I had so much fun working on this project! I guess you just never know :-)

Slovenská klasika Žabiatko od Ľudmily Podjavorinskej

V tomto roku som sa veľmi potešila rovno dvom spoluprácam s vydavateľstvom Buvik, ktoré sa u nás na Slovensku zamierava výhradne na detské knihy. Keďže z dielne Buviku vychádzajú iba kvalitné tituly, nezaváhala som ani na chviľu a kývla ako na knižku Básnička ti pomôže od Daniela Heviera začiatkom roka, tak na slovenskú klasiku Žabiatko od Ľudmily Podjavorinskej. Žabiatko vychádza v novej podobe po 26 rokoch. Ilustrovať takéto texty je vždy za odmenu. Ak popritom ešte aj mám voľnú ruku, je to splnený sen. Ďakujem!

Books are on their way!

Those of you who have been waiting for your copies of the Podme objavovat Slovensko book - we’ve got good news! We’ve have shipped most of the boxes last night and there is only a few of them left waiting to be shipped today. Most of you (the best supporters in the world) should have all your goodies by the end of this week. Then, the book is off to the bookstores! Thank you everyone for your support during the crowdfunding campaign! The book is here thanks to you!

Advance Copies of My Book Came In.

A box of advance copies of the Podme objavovat Slovensko book got in today. They look so neat! Can’t wait for the rest of the books to arrive so I can start sending them out to all of the supporters who donated it money to fund the printing of the book. Thank you guys, I promise to keep you up to date and to handle all the shipping as fast as I can. If you still would like to pre-order your copy, you can do that here: https://www.startlab.sk/projekty/580-podme-objavovat-slovensko-ilustrovana-kniha-pre-deti/

Poďme objavovať Slovensko book off to print tomorrow

This is the last sneak peek of the book that I have been working on for a while. In my next post, I hope to finally show the cover and few spreads, yay! We are sending this baby off to print tomorrow and then I guess I will crawl somewhere in the woods to just run and hibernate to get over the waiting anxiety. Keeping my fingers crossed!

Sneak peek from a new book!

I kept a little quite lately, but I really had a good reason - I started working on a project that I have been keeping in my mind for a looong while. To be honest I haven't felt so happy working on a book for quite some time - I get up every morning rushing to my studio and sit there coloring these spreads until late night. I can't show you more, but it is a dream job to me and I really hope it shows!

Classic Tales Board Books

What is it recently, international shipping week? Another lovely package came in today and I keep flipping over the pages of these tiny board houses ever since! Thanks @yoyo_books for an opportunity to work on these cuties! 💛✏️💪#boardbook #book #childrensbook #classictales #junglebook #threelittlepigs #snowwhite #littleredridinghood #fairytale #illustration #kidlitart #kidlit #tipnaknihu #dnescitam #knihapredeti #leporelo #domcek #house #illustrator #marianeradova #nofilter

All The Birds You Can Imagine

I went through the Auzou sticker suitcase which I have blogged about earlier here. And I have to say I haven't realized how many bird species I illustrated in the process! Still, I had so much fun creating them, that I didn't even pay attention to the amount of work I had to do - ha! That's a winner, right? Here is a tiny sneak peek of the Ma Pochette De Gommettes - Animaux de la Montagne and you can order it here

Animaux De La Montagne

You probably won't be able to take this suitcase for a holiday with you (although it does meet both ryanair and wizzair cabin bag restrictions!) but it could still fit plenty of goodies! Newbie from the wonderful Auzou Editions full of forest and mountain animals just made me happy instantly! To be honest I still have a few dream projects on my check list, but sometimes a dream job really looks like a paper suitcase full of bear stickers. Enjoyed working on this a lot!

Horses and Ponies Activity Book - A Real Challenge!

So much for me and my “enormous” talent for drawing horses - here Maria, why don’t you try a whole Horses and Ponies activity book and see how that goes! Tiny sneak peek of one of my most recent projects, soon to be published by Usborne. Can’t wait!

Outer Space!

I wish I had more time to take care of this tiny blog of mine. Just completed a really neat space themed sticker book for the wonderful folks at Pat-a-cake with great support of my beloved agent Doreen at Good illustration agency. Can't believe it was my first illustrated book of 2018 and I already feel there is no chance I will have as much fun with any other upcoming projects. (no, really, I bet there are will be great things to work on) This book was a blast and I really wish the tiny readers will find it cool as well. Any publishers who are looking for an illustrator to work on a space themed project (best case scenario - animal characters), please send me an emai! Ha! I'll be posting more, but do follow my instagram and facebook for more recent work! See you there!

Follow me on Instagram, too!

Hey there! Long time no posting, I know! So much has been going on in the past few months, I did some travelling for most of September and it just seem to show a lot in my workflow haha! Anyway, I've been busy ever since and just this weekend I have completed a new project of animal stickers for Auzou Editions. I just love working with them, their projects are always so much fun! If you'd like to get more updates and see more of my work, you can follow me now on Instagram! See you there!

Hello there! I still haven't managed to go get a haircut, but I did get some neat samples of the Alice in Wonderland book I illustrated last Winter! I have to say I was a bit shocked by the haircut that Alice got on the cover, but now I think it looks really fun and hope the little ones will like it, too, haha! The book is full of touch and feel elements which are really quirky. It should be available on Amazon or Bookdepository (if not yet, then very soon). Enjoy your Summer and don't go down the rabbit hole!

Hot weather alert!

Where are you headed in this hellish weather? It's so hot outside I am happy to look at some ice and snow on the screen in front of me. Keeping my fingers crossed for all of us!

Classic Tales

I know I have kept silent on this tiny little facebook place of mine for a while - would be nice if I could say I was on a vacation, but unfortunately, I wasn't. The reason there was not a single word uttered here is simple - I was working on a set of children's books! If you ever think of illustrating 4 books at once, stop yourself right there. I love my job, that is true, but I also love chocolate, and if I ate 4 kilos of it at once, I would probably not love it that much and puke as well. (I have not puked from illustrating these, don't worry!) Anyways, as much as I wish I was smarter and allowed myself more time for these babies, I am so so so happy I could work on the titles like Pinocchio or Goldilocks and Three Bears (all time favorite of my little sister!) Will keep you posted when they appear on our planet. Off to finally cleaning my place and getting a haircut. Hello, life!

Little Children's Puzzle Pad by Usborne

Got this in my mailbox today! Little Children's Puzzle Pad from Usborne is now available on Amazon and other online stores. Cover by fabulous Manola Caprini :-) Yay!

Alice in Wonderland on Sketcher!

It is always so nice when people notice your work somewhere online. It just gives one a feedback for all the efforts that all illustrators put into promotion, social media and blogging. Here is my work for Yoyo Books, the legendary story of Alice in Wonderland, on Sketcher. https://sketcher.startitup.sk/maria-neradova-skraslila-svojimi-ilustraciami-knihu-alica-v-krajine-zazrakov/